Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-24
ANOTHER PIRR.
Twelve Lives Lost i'm the
Burning Of . Board
ing House.
Reports from the Flooded
Districtnear Bismarck.
More News About the Great
Railroad Transfer.
Csnstsrnatioa In PhfladeIpAIa-A Con-
fessed Mardercr-Sueeess Assured.
Terminal conpany's Board
Work In the Ruins-The In
dIsns are not Starving.

Work In the RaIns-The In
disns are not Starving.
Boarding Hease Rarnea.
BEssEHKR (Mich.), March 2S.-Rhs
Colby Iron Aine boarding house af this
place burned shis morning. The loss of
life 10 NOT yet entirely known, bst sew.
eEal persons are % severely burned that
they will die. Twelve persons are known
to have persisted in the flames. Tee
building vas q two story frame strue-
t1re, and burned like tinaer. leaving ne
time for an alarm after the IRE vas dis
covered. Twenty-0ne beaEdera occu-
pied room&in the second story. Oaiy
nine escaped. and they did 80 by jump
| tng from the windoWs- Several wsFe
seriously injured and some were fatally
burned. The victims we're iaborers al
the Colby mine. The bodies we're com.
pietely charred.
steadily Rising.
BovLDER (Dak.), March q. - The
water Bes backed in Swan Greek anS
carried Of the bridge between L.beau
snd Scranton, and flooded the bottom
lands eight feet deep. It Is believed
that several Indiana have been drowned.
The family Of Garrett Barry barely
escaped with their lives. and lost their
cattle and household effects. Ths
steamer General rompkins is in the lee,
q total wreck. The Missouri 10 steadily
rising.
The Passengers at Maadan.
81. PAUL, March 23.-The Northern
Pacific resumed through business to.
day. releRraphic information was
received here to-day that the steamer
Helena had been secured aRd that the |
transfer Of all passengers, baggage, ex-
press and mail would be made between
Bismarck and Roakhaven. From Man |
dan to R0ckhaVeu is three milss which |
will be overcome by teams. The large |
numbers of passengers who have been |
detained 10 St. Paul on account of the |
foods. left this afternoon and the Com |
p4ny issued instructions to all agents |
that the line is open for travel again. |
The ice gorge in the river above Biz
p arck il still solid bat it is expected to |
break seon.
Again with Garrett
BALTIMORE, March 3D. President |
Garrett today told Mayer Hodges that /
the much talked-0f railroad deal had |
been consnmmated, and that bat few
minor details are to be arranged. |
Messrs. Ives and Staynor were in the /
city today and were oloseted with Gar
rett for some time. The Vice President /
and several ether fficials OF the Oincin-
natl, Hamilton d Dayton Railroad alse
arrived here tonight in a special ear
from Cincinnati. They are supposed TO
be here on business connected with the
deal.
Opsioa left open.
BALrrxoRE, March 3. 1t is nov
stated on COED authority that the option /
will remain epen to the Ives-StsyRer
syndicate for tbs control Of the BaIti- /
more 4 Ohio until the let OF April.
Garrett, it Is stated, cleared 500 900 cut /
Of the Sully syndicate failure, and il is
slss stated that the Garrett interest has
purchased all the stock Of the Johns
Hopkins estate.
COnsteFnation In Philadelphia
PHILADEIPHIA, March 23.-rhe an
nouncement in this mornings papers
Of the attachment proceedings begun /
Yesterday by the brokerage firm Of
Keene, B0dine Il Co. against James 4 /
John Hunter. under tse fraudulent |
debtor act Of 1869. caused great snr-
prise, amounting almost to consteFna- |
tion in commercial and political circles. |
The greatest occasion for surprise vas |
that the attachments we're accompanied |
with allegations Of forReries in connec. |
tien with the firms paper. Nothino |
has been heard from James Hunter, the |
senior msmbeR Of the firm, and there is |
a general belief that be has abeoonded |
His brother and partner, John Hunter, |
10 completely nystided by the Fevela- |
tione. Nc steps have been taken to
wards q criminal prosecution.
A Confessed Murderer.
TRKNroN IN. ~, March 23.-Janitor
Titus confessed to the Board Of Par
doas to having murdered .Tillie smith,
concerning whose death there was such
q mystery. He says they had q quarrel. |
and that be choked her to death in q
sudden ft Of anger, she having come 10
bis room late At night Of her eva
accord.
Success Assured 20 the New Asseela-
tlon.
DKrReIT, March g. Secretary Steiner,
of the new TFottinR Association, in an
iuteFview this afternoon said that the
American fFottiue Association is reesiv
ing enthusiastic and tangible suBpoFt
from all over the West and from many
points In the Fast. Michigan, Mime
sofa, Indiana, Kansas and Nebraska are
practically . nuit fer the new sssocia
ton, and other States are falling into
line. The Rocky Mountain circuit
csDprisiEe the Associations st Pueblo
DeRver, Cheyenne, Salt Lake and Belle
vac, Idaho. have made application for
nembership. TIE Big Four circuit OF
Illinois. the Southern Michigan circuit,
the Indiana aud Michigan circuit, the
State fairs of Indiana and Nebraska,
besides namerous other societies, will
fall under she eolors Of the American.
Success Is assured.
Terminal Company BEARD.
NKv YoEx. March 2s.-The Board Of
Directors Of the Riehmoad 4 West
Point Terminal Company, AZ their
meeting today approved the annual re
port Of the company 10 Be presented 60
the stOekbolders The report shows
that the company owns sseariti 3
amouHtine 60 $45, ,0T6. .S04 The total
smourt Of common stock issned il $40
e09 O00 and preferred g. 200. coo, aud the
onlv bonds outs'andire ara these of the
collateral trust loan os $3.50, GOO, the in
terest on which. $4,000. IL the only alb
soiute dxed charge. The mileage nov
owned and controlled Is All miles.
Wsrk On the RainA
BuKFALo On. ~. March 23-Tbe
work at the ruins Of the Richmond
/ n 5tel continued this morning. No
more bodies have ben foand- Several
af thOss reported missing IN previOa@
/ Iisss are safs- This leaves Rnaocouated
for. q. J. @. Pratt Of Albany. W. H.
Sheppard af Cieveland, and Henry
/ Perry Of WeIlAnd. Ont Nothing far
thsg has been heard regarding Robert
3. Boyd. and bis friends b4lieve be Uas
oos Of The victims Of the ars.
the Inafans are sst ssaFvtag
/ WAsMu0rua. March q Ia is learned
on good authority thai Secretary Man
| ainQ's successos vii not Be appointed
before April Isl. A dispasch Fecsissd
tSday from Agent Upshap says thsf
there il 10 truth IN the freqaens re-